PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS THE CASE OF DIKSIS WOREDA SECONDARY SCHOOL, ARSI ZONE OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying Practices and Challenges of Behavior Management in Physical Education Class and suggests potential solutions to the challenges. Four basic questions were raised to achieve the objectives of the study. To answer those basic research questions, descriptive survey research method was employed. Teachers, school principals and high school students of grade nine and ten students are participants of this study. Purposive and random sampling methods were employed to select the sample schools and participants from population. Hence, teachers and school principal as well as schools were selected purposefully and students were selected by stratified sampling from each schools. Accordingly 304 students, 4 physical education and 2 principal were selected. Questionnaire, interview and observation were used for data collection and descriptive statistics was used for data analysis by using SPSS version 20. The study found the challenge and practices of physical education class in Bulala and Hamda schools. Those challenges are due to lack of parent follow on their students, ground rule to control student’s misbehavior, environmental factors, class room size, technology, large class size, time management, lack of material, lack of skill attitude, experience etc. For further improvement of teaching effectiveness those challenges must avoid and suggested as potential solutions to the proper implementation of effective teaching of Physical education